I heard he was kind of an asshole and got drunk all the time. And later he ended up selling a Tom DeLonge Signature Gibson on eBay (presumably one Tom had gifted him). He was kind of a weird dude anyway, not sure why they settled on him of all people.

Sometimes I'll listen to a random blink song and realize "holy shit, this is awesome" and play it multiple times over several days. Lately that song has been Kaleidoscope- Mark's parts on that song are classic melodic Mark. I also like the remix versions of Wolfpack from the Dream Walker demos (I think there's two?)
Anyway, back to Skiba- nothing against the guy, but he just wasn't what I grew up with.

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Did any of you guys see this? Some thoughts:
The questions Lou Elizondo was reading "from fans." Given his background and the sketchy nature of the subject at hand, I'm almost 100% certain those questions were pre-screened. They already knew ahead of time what to read out loud and what Tom would answer. Why subject yourself to a difficult question when you can just give yourself softballs. "Hey Tom, heard you and Jen are now separated 'cause she thinks you're bat-shit crazy. Is that true?" They would never field such a question.
I saw the first half and stopped watching. All of the information was shit I've already heard before. Doesn't seem like anything new came of this.
Anyone actually read the book? I actually liked the first one since it was somewhat plausible. This second installment though- talk about going off the deep end. I'll admit- I was all-in when all of this shit was unfolding, especially the wikileaks stuff, but now the kool aid has worn off- this is all bullshit.
Also, fuck Oliver.

I got into blink when I first heard "Feeling This" around late summer of '03 I think (I knew of them from their previous hits but didn't think much of them).
I then saw the live version of Feeling This on TRL and LOVED the fact that the live version strayed from the album version, and that they played fast, kinda sloppy, and with lots of energy. That's when they became my favorite band. Tom's gone, they're old now, and it's just not the same anymore. I guess this is growing up.

I remember reading about how he ended up working for blink. He said something to the effect of- "if you're trying to work for a band you like, first, you can't show up wearing that band's merch because they won't take you seriously." I forgot exactly how he ingratiated himself with them- he possibly offered to do shit for them for free initially, and gradually became cool with Tom and Mark, and later gravitated towards Tom. I remember going to the Warped Tour one summer and seeing AVA and Georginn was on stage helping prep things before the band came on. I'm indifferent to him I guess, he's just a case of someone who was at the right place at the right time, played his cards right, and now seems to be Tom's personal assistant.